Braking Unsafe Trucking Companies

This segment of The Law and You features personal injury trial lawyer Don Corson discussing a national effort to reduce deaths and serious injury due to unsafe trucking practices.

TRANSCRIPT

JOEL: This is Joel Block for The Law and You with Eugene attorney Don Corson. Don, I understand that there is a national organization of consumers, attorneys, and legislators to help stop unsafe trucking company practices.

DON: Most commercial truck drivers are skilled and capable. Unfortunately, thousands of people are still being injured or killed each year in crashes involving 18-wheelers for the same reasons: delivery schedules that are impossible to meet safely; overloaded and improperly maintained trucks; over-worked, fatigued drivers; and, drivers with medical problems that should prohibit them from driving any vehicle. Until all trucking companies put people over profits, these crashes will continue to happen. I have joined with others in a national initiative to help eliminate unsafe and illegal trucking company practices. We are working to make America’s highways safer.

JOEL: Thanks, Don. To learn more about this national unsafe trucks initiative, visit CorsonJohnsonLaw.com or UnsafeTrucksOregon.com. The Law and You is a community service and does not replace the advice of an attorney.

The Corson & Johnson Law Firm, a Eugene, Oregon personal injury trial law firm, produces and distributes The Law and You as a continuing public service to help families and consumers answer questions about our legal system and how it works for them. The Law and You spots are aired on KKNU, KMGE, KEUG, and KODZ in Eugene, Oregon. If you have suggestions of legal questions or topics you would like addressed by The Law and You, please contact us.

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